South San Juan Wilderness, CO 2001 Photo Gallery by Jim Larkey at pbase.com

South San Juan Wilderness, CO 2001

Created on December 22, 1980, when President Carter signed Public Law 96-560, the 127,721-acre South San Juan Wilderness is a geographically remote and primal territory. On September 23, 1979 a sow grizzly was killed near Blue Lake by a bow hunter. This was the last documented grizzly in Colorado. It is still possible that grizzlies inhabit remote areas of the South San Juan Wilderness. A thorough search in 1990 by the Colorado Division of Wildlife, and local residents failed to confirm the grizzly with sightings, but scat and other evidence was found.

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Morning, A Drift of Grapple Around Our Tent From Overnight Storm	Starbucks, Compliments of Kin	Early Morning Sunrise on Blue Lake	We're Off To Conejos Peak
Cairn Along Conejos Peak Trail	Above Timberline, in the Alpine Tundra	Glacier Lake	Time For a Break At Glacier Lake
Glacier Lake	Glacier Lake, Gunsight Pass on the Horizon	Linda & Bob, Conejos Peak, Elev 13,172	Conejos Peak Monument
Jim on Conejos Peak	Conejos Peak, Elev 13,172	Conejos Peak, Elev 13,172	The Magnificant Seven, On Conejos Peak

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Jim Larkey		29-Jul-2012 20:49
Right you are Rick. Thanks for the correction. Yep, it's one of my favorites too...can't believe it's over a decade ago.

Kent Morgan		05-Oct-2009 20:31
Thank you so much for these wonderful images. They evoke numerous memories. I grew up spending a whole lot of my youth in the South San Juan Wilderness Area. My dad's sheep pastured in the Middle and North Forks of the Conejos River. Oftentimes dad would take us fishing at the high lakes after tending to the sheep business.

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